Going through the catalog I get from a bookseller I've purchased from, I am just amazed what authors choose to write about. Some of the blurbs about the books are enough to make you laugh or cringe. (or both)Care to share some of the "odd" books you've come across with a brief description and if you would really read the book or not?Here are just two I came upon today as advertised in the catalog.

Did Somebody Step On A Duck?-A Natural History of the Fart by Jim Dawson.Experience firsthand the Jungian implications of farting, the environmental import of "flatulence cards" in the carbon offset market, and the brutally honest social commentary of a man whose office chair broadcasts his farts on Twitter.

No, I don't think I would read this one, but I'd like to know if anyone responds back to him on Twitter.

Mullet Madness! The Haircut That's Business Up Front and Party in the Back by Alan Henderson.Contains more information about the mullet than anyone needs to know, from how to properly cut a mullet to the celebrities who have famously worn a mullet.

Yeah, I saw this weird book once called "Twilight." It was about vampires and werewolves, but instead of doing cool stuff like living in castle and terrorizing villagers, they hanged out in high school and sparkled and delivered thinly veiled messages of Mormon sexuality. Seriously, who the hell would read such a thing?

I never could understand how anyone could prepare a whole meal in the microwave.Heck, I try and defrost meat and it comes out cooked. That's using the Defrost setting. Microwave is good for heating up, cooking pop-corn and drying herbs. [and socks, so I've heard]

TwistedSister wrote:I never could understand how anyone could prepare a whole meal in the microwave.Heck, I try and defrost meat and it comes out cooked. That's using the Defrost setting. Microwave is good for heating up, cooking pop-corn and drying herbs. [and socks, so I've heard]

Milo has a heating pad for the car during the winter. It's a plastic disc filled with some sort of gel (it originally had a nice fluffy cover, but he ate that). It gets six minutes in the microwave, and stays warm for about six hours.

Other than that, the microwave gets used for heating up cups of tea that I have let go cold. But it does have a clock on it - that's useful.